• Source: Right marginal branch of right coronary artery

The right" target="_blank">right marginal branch of right" target="_blank">right coronary artery (or right" target="_blank">right marginal artery) is the largest marginal branch of the right" target="_blank">right coronary artery. It follows the acute margin of the heart. It supplies blood to both surfaces of the right" target="_blank">right ventricle.




Structure


The right" target="_blank">right marginal branch is the largest branch to split off from the right" target="_blank">right coronary artery. It often anastomoses with the nearby parallel posterior interventricular artery, which itself is usually a continuation of the right" target="_blank">right coronary artery.




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The right" target="_blank">right marginal branch may reach the distal part of the posterior interventricular sulcus.




Function


The right" target="_blank">right marginal branch primarily supplies the right" target="_blank">right ventricle.




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Anatomy figure: 20:03-07 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior view of the heart."
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